Just one dose of the HPV vaccine could be enough to protect against cervical cancer, says study | Malay Mail

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NEW YORK, Feb 11 — New US research has found that just a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine appears to be as effective in preventing preinvasive cervical disease, which can develop into cervical cancer, as multiple doses. Carried out by researchers at The University of Texas...

Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020 05:00 PM MYT

Carried out by researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, the new study looked at 133,082 females aged 9 to 26, 66,541 of whom had received one or more HPV vaccine doses between January 2006 and June 2015 and 66,541 who hadn’t received the vaccine at all and were matched for age, sexually transmitted disease history, and pregnancy.

However, for the youngest females in the study, those under the age of 15, and for the oldest age group, those over the age of 20, there appeared to be no significant differences in risk for preinvasive cervical disease among the vaccinated group.

 

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